CN1168506A - Method and apparatus for controlling peripheral equipment - Google Patents

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CN1168506A
CN1168506A CN97102522.3A CN97102522A CN1168506A CN 1168506 A CN1168506 A CN 1168506A CN 97102522 A CN97102522 A CN 97102522A CN 1168506 A CN1168506 A CN 1168506A
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Abstract

A peripheral control mechanism is described. The peripheral is operable with a network that provides access to interconnected, on-line documents. The access occurs in response to document requests. The peripheral includes a server that controls peripheral operations using requests formatted as a resource locator (e.g., an http request).

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The method and apparatus of control external unit
The present invention relates to be used for the external unit that links to each other with the such internet of for example World Wide Web; More particularly, relate to by the existing agreement that is used to visit the file on this network and directly external unit being controlled.
An important use of computing machine is the information of transmitting on the net.Current, existing maximum computer network is Internet.Internet is mondial computer network, utilizes common protocols to communicate.To high-end supercomputer, millions of computing machines links to each other with Internet from the personal computer of low side.
In the sixties, developed Internet by Advanced Research Projects administration of U.S. Department of Defense.A very long time, the researchist of university and National Laboratory utilizes Internet to share information.Because the existence of Internet is known for increasing people, so the many users (for example employee of major company) beyond learned society/research unit bring into use Internet to transmit Email.
In 1989, the novel information system of a kind of World-Wide of being called Web (" Web ") was introduced into Internet.The early development of Web is carried out in the breadboard CERN of European particle physics.Web is the hypermedia information retrieval system of wide spectrum, is intended to big general file is carried out access widely.Web is only known by learned society/research unit and adopts at that time.
In 1993, the researchist that supercomputer is used national center (NSCA) released the Web browser that is called " Mosiac ", and it provides graphical user interface (GUI).The graphical user interface of Mosaic is easy to learn and function is strong.The Mosiac browser allows the user to utilize simple point and knock order from the Web retrieving files.Because the user needn't carry out technical training, and browser is useful, so the potentiality that Internet opens to the public are very big.
The formation of Web is followed traditional client-server pattern.Term " client " and " server " are used to refer to the general function of computing machine, i.e. supplier's (server) of requestor of data (client) or data.Under the Web environment, Web browser is present in the customers' place, and the Web file is present in the server.Employing is called " Hypertext Transmission Protocol " agreement (HTTP), and Web client and Web server communicate.Browser is opened and being connected of server, and begins to ask a file.Server generally is that the form of Hypertext MarkupLanguage (HTML) (the supertext Markup language) form with standard is transmitted requested file, when closing connection in the above-mentioned reciprocal process, server plays a part positive, promptly receive order, and can not ask the client to carry out any operation from the client.
The file part that shows on Web comprises the supertext link.The supertext link links to each other the figure on the file or text with another file on the Web.The file that comprises the supertext link is gone up " issue " at them at " Web " and has just been set up before.In other words, provide the file that to issue, by allowing to conduct interviews issue this document by other server on the Web to the server of setting up file.Every the supertext link links to each other with resource locator (URL), and this finger URL is with file identification on the Web and location.When the user for example utilized cursor to select a supertext link, the external unit browser utilized URL to retrieve corresponding file.
Get rid of and and print and distribute the relevant economic obstacle of (multimedia) file, Web permission individual becomes " publisher ".Many such individuals are not the publishers of information, and do not need very complicated process when issuing their information.For this reason, use the individual demand of Web can set up Web file and retrieving information.At present, when the information of attempting to catch concentrated in the Web file, the instrument that is used to catch image or other medium can not be realized this function.Any information of catching must be transformed into the supertext file by independent server.
In addition, because Web represents the global standards of swap file, so this is general general to company with individual's issue outside and internal file.Owing in office and family, provide the competition of Internet (Web) service continuing, so the quantity of expectation " publisher " is with quick sustainable growth.Equally, to the demand of high-quality media product also with sustainable growth.Therefore, estimate that to the demand of the instrument of setting up multimedia Web file will be very big.Many such instruments will be software applications, as word processor.
External unit generally links to each other with Web, is convenient to the user and Web is mutual.In prior art system, external unit is used for various proprietary application functions.For example, printer is used for print data, and scanner is used for data are scanned.These external units link to each other by the main frame of bus with the control external unit usually.Exemplary systems is shown in Fig. 1.With reference to Fig. 1, computing machine 101 generally comprises application program 102, and it is invoked at the driver 103 of the external unit 104 of operation on the main frame 101, thereby makes control information and signal send to external unit 104 through bus 105, controls its operation.So only by main frame and communications driver visit external unit thereof.Therefore, if a people wants to make external unit to realize specific function, he must pass to computing machine with its hope, and computing machine makes external unit realize this function then.If external unit does not utilize suitable drive access main frame, can not control external unit so.In addition, if a people a long way off, he may not visit main frame so, but still wishes the control external unit.Therefore, need and under situation about not relying on, directly to control external unit as the main frame of interface.In addition, also wish to carry out identical control from afar.
Can not catch and visit automatically information at present as the Web file by specified URL.In addition, there is not at present can to carry out from afar any instrument of catching with conversion process yet.Also need to catch and automatic approach of visiting as the information of Web file by specified URL.Also need to control from afar the approach of capturing information.
The invention describes a kind of external unit control gear.External unit is exercisable in providing the network interconnected, that on-line file provides visit.Conduct interviews according to file request.External unit comprises server, and the formative request of server by utilizing is as the operation of URLs (for example http request) control external unit.
By following detailed description with to the description of the drawings of various embodiment of the present invention, the present invention may be better understood, yet these should not be regarded as limitation of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the computer system that has the prior art of main frame and external unit.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of system of the present invention.
Fig. 3 A is the block diagram of an embodiment of external unit of the present invention.
Fig. 3 B is the process flow diagram of an embodiment of the logical circuit handled in external unit of the present invention.
Fig. 4 A is an example of html file.
Fig. 4 B is the example of start page of the html file of Fig. 4 A.
The method and apparatus of setting up e-file and control external unit is described now.In following detailed description of the present invention, the present invention proposes many concrete details in order thoroughly to understand.Yet one of ordinary skill in the art should understand do not have these concrete details also can realize the present invention.In some cases, for fear of making the present invention smudgy, known structure and equipment are represented with the form of block diagram, rather than are provided their details.
The invention provides with network the external unit that links to each other, also can respond to the request that comes automatic network.In one embodiment, these requests interrelate with World Wide Web (WWW).In the present invention, external unit is as www server.In other words, external unit directly links to each other with Local Area Network or wide area network (WAN), and " service " data, and as image or other multi-media objects, data are caught or set up to external unit, so that ask online main body.
In one embodiment of the invention, external unit adopts " Hypertext Transmission Protocol " (HTTP), on the net with client communication; These clients also adopt Hypertext Transmission Protocol and external unit to communicate.This external unit and these clients are respectively as http server and HTTP client.
In one embodiment, external unit comprises a processor and a storer, and a computer-readable media, as magnetic (hard disk) or light massage storage, the computer-readable media of external unit comprises the computer program instructions that data is sent to client from external unit.Client in the system generally will comprise a client processor and a storer, and computer-readable media, as magnetic or light massage storage, client's computer-readable media comprises that reception is from the data of external unit and at customers' place storage data computing machine programmed instruction.
Following brief description client-server operation, URL and browsing to Web.
In concept, computer network such as Internet comprise small-size computer and common mainframe computer as server.Small-size computer is " personal computer " or workstation generally speaking, and is positioned at user of service's operational computations machine to other the online computing machine or the place of server requests data.Usually the data of request reside in the mainframe computer.In this case, small-size computer is the client, and mainframe computer is a server.In this manual, term " client " and " server " are used to refer to the general function of computing machine, i.e. supplier's (server) of requestor of data (client) or data.The scale of the scale of common computing machine or the resource that interrelates does not with it hinder the computer capacity as client or server.In addition, computing machine can request msg in a kind of issued transaction, and data can be provided in another kind of issued transaction, has so just changed the function of computing machine, becomes server or opposite from the client.
World Wide Web (" Web ") adopts the client-server pattern, communicates between client and server.Web server links to each other with Internet, and the file request from Web client is responded.To Web client (for example Web " browser ") programming, make the user can visit the Web file that is positioned on the Web server simply.
An example by the interconnected client-server system of Internet comprises a remote server system, and this system is interconnected by Internet and client.Client can comprise conventional parts, as a processor, a storer (for example RAM), the bus that links to each other with storer with processor, the massage storage (for example hard disc or optical memory disc) that modulator-demodular unit and the processor by I/O controller and network interface such as routine links to each other with storer.Server system also can comprise conventional parts, as a processor, a storer (for example RAM), the bus that links to each other with storer with processor, the massage storage (for example disk or CD) that modulator-demodular unit and the processor by I/O controller and network interface such as routine links to each other with storer.Be appreciated that from following description the present invention can use software implementation, this software is stored in respectively as executable instruction in the computer-readable media of client and server system, in massage storage or storer.
In order to determine the resource address of Internet, adopt URL(uniform resource locator) (URL).URL is a descriptor, and it specifically determines the type of Internet resource and position thereof.URL has following form:
resource_type://domain.address/path_name
Wherein " resource_type " determines the type of Internet resource.The Web file is by resource type " http " sign, and its expression adopts Hypertext Transmission Protocol to visit file.Other resource type comprises " ftp " (file transmission agreement) and " telnet ".Domain.address determines the domain name addresses of the residing computing machine of resource.At last, path_name determines the directory path in the TEXT system of server of identifying resource.Rightmost name in the pathname part is the actual file name.The Web page or leaf is identified by resource type " http ".By conversion, most of Web pages or leaves finish with suffix " .html ", and expression this document is HyperText Markup Language (supertext Markup language) file.
The example of the URL of Web file is:
http://info.tech.ch/hypertext/Data/WWW/History.html
This URL represents by using HTTP (Web) agreement to arrive the server that is called " info.tech.ch " catalogue is arranged, and comprises the supertext file that is called " History.html. ".Resource on the Internet is unique addressable by its URL.
In order to visit initial Web file, the user is with the URL file input Web browser program of Web.Web browser sends a http request to the server with Web file that adopts URL then.By send the HTTP target of request to the client, request responds Web server to http.In most of the cases, the HTTP target is an original text (ASCII) file, and this document comprises the text of writing with supertext Markup language (HTML) (using ASCII).The html file general designation is included in the hyperlink of other Web file.Web browser for the user shows html file, and is emphasized the hyperlink of other Web file in every kind of mode on screen, thereby makes the user can select this hyperlink.
Advantage of the present invention be external unit as Web server, it does not need directly to carry out alternately with any specific " main frame ".
Fig. 2 represents external unit of the present invention.With reference to Fig. 2, the external unit of the present invention 200 shown in the figure has data 201 and Web server 202.Web server 202 responds by the request of Web browser to the user, visit data 201, and data 201 are offered the user through network 203.Visit data 201 in the storer can be from external unit 200 or that interrelate with external unit 200, or carry out a kind of intended function (for example the camera external unit is caught an images) by external unit 200, obtain data 201.
In one embodiment, network 203 comprises Internet.The invention is not restricted to go up retrieval and file publishing at " World-Wide Web " or " Internet ".Principle of the present invention can be applied to diverse network, and data and file memory and database facility perhaps have the client/server system that can access other type of file or out of Memory when request.
In one embodiment, external unit links to each other with Web side among the WWW by channel.External unit can comprise the Web side, and Web side and Internet or other network or provide the file resource to the WWW visit to link to each other.By the communication of these agreements on LAN (or WAN) realization network 203, so specific " driver " software that need on main frame, not move indication external unit.
In the present invention, the static video camera of external unit such as numeral is set up the Web file by catching image or other medium and they and Web file being put together.The data of catching and/or producing by external unit, no matter it is image, text, sound, video etc., can acquisition automatically on WWW, and can easily comprise in the user Web file.The present invention allows the user easily to develop and manage supertext link (URL).Web server and client's agreement (http) is open and known.
It should be noted that for purposes of the present invention, the Web file is distribution objectives.Source file can be with reference to other dissimilar targets, so that comprise in into single " page or leaf ".So, in order it to be comprised that into the deviser only needs reference picture or other data in the file.In one embodiment, with reference to the URL that can comprise by deviser's appointment.Image (or other data) does not need to be present in its personal-machine; Only need simply when the reader reads file, can visit by the reader.If URL is that URL need be addressable to reader's machine so by their deviser's appointment.Integration of the present invention be meant the deviser together with tool server simply with a with reference in the data or image in the source file that inserts him.When the reader watches this document, for retrieving reference information, external unit of the present invention contact itself.If information comprises image, this image can be still image (massage storage in the external unit is caught in advance and stored) or " dynamically " image (the new image of catching when at every turn asking) so.
In order to visit external unit by WWW, the user can specified URL.External unit can respond to a plurality of URL, and different information is provided or finishes different tasks according to each URL.In one embodiment, the user also can adopt " form " to finish various tasks.The user can fill a vacancy, fill out indicia framing, or any other selection technology of providing of way of realization.This selection can specified request information or can select by specified command.This form produces the URL of the request of enforcement.Selection as URL is sent to the external unit of taking proper handling then.
Though the present invention attempts to provide common interface to all external units, concerning prior art, interface is different substantially.For example, the invention provides individual interface, it is to be customized at an easy rate by new htlm page or leaf for each user/position.The present invention is the global standards of exchange files.Do not need driver software; Therefore, more easily develop control function.In addition, the present invention keeps target, and serves them on whole Web, allows simultaneously external unit is carried out remote access, and does not need main frame.
The present invention allows external unit to set up can directly show and comprise the into target of Web file in the Web customers' place.In other words, the information content can directly change to (request text, image etc.) demonstration from message reference (catching).Notice that Web can make known external unit be easy to and unknown external unit coexistence.
In the present invention, each external unit comprises a Web server and a communication agency that allows external unit and network service.As Web server, external unit is communicated by letter with network 203, and handles the http request.Though shown external unit 200 has Web server 202, this server needs not to be http-server completely.What in one embodiment, Web server 202 needed only is the software of handling described type requests.
In one embodiment, external unit comprises a communication port, as radio modem.It should be noted that external unit of the present invention can adopt one or more communication agencies.External unit 200 can comprise and WAN, for example has the telephony interface of RJ-11 jack, the software/hardware of communication.
When external unit is connected, attempt to communicate by letter with the remainder (for example Internet) of network.When realizing communicating by letter with network, the external unit register works.In one embodiment, each external unit adopts an identifier (for example name).Name can be specified by middle position (for example suitable general headquarters), or the routine that for example by foundation domain name or address is set is determined specially.Identifier must be known and can distribute therefore, when sending a request to this particular outer equipment, router knows how to transmit it to the foundation structure of router and WAN.
In case link to each other with network, external unit 200 is a file request monitor communication link.External unit has translation software, and it will be asked or URL translates into the controlled variable of controlling external unit.So give an order in external unit inside, carry out any requested operation.By text and image that sends form known in the state of the art or the function of carrying out one or more requests, external unit 200 is handled request.
An embodiment of external unit of the present invention is shown in Fig. 3 A.With reference to Fig. 3 A, external unit 300 comprises sensor 301, and the processor 302 that links to each other with sensor 301 is with the storer 303 that not only linked to each other but also linked to each other with processor 302 with sensor 301.In these parts each can utilize one or more conductors to link together.Operate according to software, processor 302 receives the http request from network (WWW), and order is translated in these requests, and sensor 301 is delivered in these orders more forward.
According to these orders, the function that sensor 301 is realized by the order appointment.Sensor 301 can comprise any device, parts, mechanism etc., is the part of external unit 300, and it is by detecting acquired information.In one embodiment, sensor 301 comprises the catching image mechanism of camera (for example digital camera).
The information stores that is detected by sensor 301 is in storer 303.Storer 303 can comprise a memory buffer.In one embodiment, storer 303 is the outside of equipment 300 externally, or its part outside of equipment 300 externally.Processor 302 obtains canned data, and this information is delivered to requester forward.
Fig. 3 B is the operational flowchart of external unit operation.With reference to Fig. 3 B, processor begins to set up a network link (processing block 310).Setting up such link is known in the prior art.In case externally set up communication between equipment and the network, processor is just checked and come is whether order is http request (processing block 311).If not, then processor generally carries out duplicate test in the preset time interval.If it is the http request that processor is judged the order of coming, then processor inquiry (for example decoding) this request (processing block 312), and carry out this operation (processing block 313).Operate and to comprise that processor sends order (for example signal) to sensor, make sensor operate (for example catch image, move, disconnection, energized, close, open etc.).In addition, operate and to comprise and produce the command/signal make information can be from storer accessed.
At last, after the executable operations, processor of the present invention can be selected to comprise with file and/or the visual operation (processing block 314) that turns back to requester.
In one embodiment, external unit 200 also can receive " dynamically " information.Current this detected information (for example image, text, data etc.) can be used as by the file of other user capture that links to each other with network.For example, using under the situation of camera, the image of the position of watching repeatedly can be used as the file part of file (or as).The information that provides can format with predetermined mode (for example according to the http agreement).The file that for example provides can be included in the pointer or the link of other relevant information (for example displaying is relevant, content is correlated with).
In one embodiment, external unit of the present invention can dump to information the center side as the substitute of external unit.This center side can have transmission information link, and can handle the request to external unit in the time can not obtaining external unit.Because external unit need be set up and the communicating by letter of center side, between center side and static WWW, set up the path, so also can make record simpler.By this way, WW needn't be updated to the routing information of external unit.
Can visit external unit by Web browser.External unit has start page basically, and it can comprise controlled variable, point to the pointer of the image of current or filing, and sensing is stored in the file of another location and the pointer of information.
Fig. 4 A represents an example of html file.Fig. 4 A is used to visit the html source code of various functions of external unit and the example of the URL that interrelates.In this example, external unit is a camera.With reference to Fig. 4 A, second capable the reading of the file among Fig. 4 A "<title〉Peripheral Home Page</title 〉. " in this case, mark<title〉and</title〉be the HTML delimiter that corresponds respectively to the beginning and the end of text, the text is appointed as the title of html file.Title can be used for various purposes, for example the lists of documents in the index that produces automatically.
The third line of the html file of Fig. 4 A be "<h1〉Images</h1 ".<h1〉and</h1〉be the delimiter of HTML head, it will be shown with the font of maximum.The browser software that moves on client computer translation head mark is so showing text between the head mark with maximum font on client's display screen.
Line of text be phrase "<a http://Cameral.ricoh.com/CurrentImage.gi〉CurrentImage</a ".This phrase will " CurrentImage be defined as a link that obtains current image.Particularly, " a " tag definitions is the beginning of link." href=" tag definitions link will be the Web page or leaf that can adopt URL " http://Cameral.ricoh.com/CurrentImage.gif " location.Then, text " Current Image " is to be the file of link.At last, the end of "/a " tag definitions link definition.Shown in Fig. 4 B, add horizontal line below the text " Current Image " and show, represent that it is a link to another file.If the user selects down to add the text " Current Image " of horizontal line, browser will be emitted in the request to the Web page or leaf of URL address " http://Cameral.ricoh.com/CurrentImage.gif " so.So, two URL are shown, one is used to catch current image, and another is used for camera is moved on to the left side.Different URL can specify the different distances and/or the angle of mobile cameras.
Fig. 4 B represents an example of initial (Web) page or leaf of external unit in the Web browser, and Web browser can make user capture or control external unit.By " point-and-link " operation of position A among the execution graph 4B, the URL request is sent to camera.When receiving this request, camera will ask CurrentImage.gif to translate into an order, so that catch image and it is returned to requester with the gif form.
As can be seen, html file comprises the required full detail of browser display Web page or leaf from above example.Therefore, only task of Web server provides the file or the function of being asked, and does not need the server requests client to do other anything.Yet this function of server has also limited the application of Web environment.
Request to external unit 200 can comprise order arbitrarily.In one embodiment, external unit 200 comprises a kind of form that is used to set up the special parameter of controlling the external unit operation.For example, parameter can watch the direction of camera relevant with foundation, and project is corresponding to camera angle.Form can be filled up with Web browser, and returns to camera.According to the form of inserting, the server in the external unit receives (for example URL) a string demand file.Server responds to this request by mobile cameras.It should be noted that the executable any order of external unit can be by user's controlling on the net Anywhere.
In one embodiment, the visit to external unit needs password or some other secrecy provisions.The feature of these secrecy provisions is present in the HTTP standard of appearance.
The present invention can be applied to various external units.For example, the present invention can be applied to digital camera, multi-purpose machine, scanning machine (particularly those have the on-board data storehouse memorizer), have duplicating machine, the remote control camera of archival memory, and the duplicating (double-sided copying) of control duplicating machine.
The present invention can be applied to secret camera, for example can be contained in the neutralization of user family and insert localized network (for example telephone network).In one embodiment, every such camera has the URL of oneself and with the ability of file service to Web.The user can link to each other with Internet from any position, and knocks on suitable link simply by any Web browser, watches picture from camera.In addition, the server of camera of the present invention can comprise knocks the user simply on suitable project, adjusts the form of operating or watching the photo of preservation.In this case, about in the URL of form and the storer that is stored in camera or can be associated by the target in the storer of the Web server visit that interrelates with camera.
The present invention can be used to report video camera, and this video camera of individual (for example reporter) band person is taken at the scene.Video camera link to each other with network or with network service after, just can take.
The present invention can also be used for multi-purpose machine such as scanning machine, and it comprises storage and searchable file, and the two all is the form with source and image.In one embodiment, this machine comprises the file transaction journal, and allows request to watch the number of the specific file that forms and sent.
The present invention can also be used for the facsimile recorder as outside issue machine.In one embodiment, client or obtain information from WWW, or obtain information by facsimile recorder itself.Under the situation of facsimile recorder, by machine with file storage in storer, and communicate by letter or directly communicate by letter with other facsimile recorder with Internet.G3 by facsimile recorder sends the request to file, transmits affairs, or transmits WWW by the http of facsimile recorder.
The present invention can be used for digital video camera, for example takes the MPEG film and has stationary video and index.
The present invention can be used for printer, can print the Web file of any suitable form.In this case, printer can keep and multiple different-format compatibility, and controlledly manufactures identical thing.
The present invention also can be used for Web Kiosks, and it allows user's browse WWW, also sets up some information of oneself.
An advantage of the invention is and be easy to customize.The file of control external unit can be set up on a server that separates fully, and it separates fully with the Web server of external unit.In other words, according to the present invention, customize " page or leaf " of the resource that can comprise local exploitation directed outwards equipment.So the present invention does not rely on any a company or operating system.Each file comprises the pointer (for example link) of the addressable page or leaf in the directed outwards equipment.In other words, on a server, can set up the file that comprises link, and can knock a link that has Web browser and select, make from the external unit retrieving files.Therefore, insert suitable resource locator (URL) in the desired location of file.Can separate fully with external unit and set up the interface that customizes fully.
Of the present invention customizing allows to specify the nearest file of being caught by external unit, even the feasible file of catching itself.Can expand to this control of external unit and to make external unit carry out any function, thereby adopt the interface that customizes directly to control from afar.
Another advantage of the present invention is that the driver of external unit is a standard, does not therefore need to drive the main frame of external unit.The all functions that main frame provides are included in the external unit, comprise server software.All visit by common Web interface by this way.Do not need to support the different operating system and the independent driver of computer system, therefore saved spending.
Concerning one of ordinary skill in the art, to have read and the present invention has been carried out various changes after the above-mentioned explanation and modification is obviously, any specific embodiment shown in it should be understood that and the description of doing in order to illustrate should not thought restriction.Therefore, the details of various embodiment is not in order to limit the scope of claim, and claim itself has just been quoted from the most basic feature of the present invention.

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1. one kind links to each other with network and uses with network, provides the external unit that interconnected, online file is conducted interviews according to file request, and described external unit comprises:
According to the request that is formatted as the http file request, a server of control external unit operation.
2. the external unit that limits in the claim 1, wherein server also responds to the form of request.
3. the external unit that limits in the claim 2, wherein request form is inserted by adopting the external unit browser.
4. the external unit that limits in the claim 1 further comprises data source, and wherein server provides data from data source according to request.
5. the external unit that limits in the claim 4, wherein server is according to a request control data source capturing information, and described server provides the information of catching.
6. the device of the single integration that links to each other with network, described device comprises:
Carry out the functional element of at least a operation;
The communication agency that links to each other with network is used for to this device with from this device transmission information, and wherein communication agency receives the request to this device;
With the server that communication agency links to each other with functional element, be used for request is translated into the parameter of control function unit.
7. the device that limits in the claim 6 further comprises and server and communication agency associative memory, and this memory stores server by utilizing communication agency offers the target of network according to the request that comes automatic network.
8. the device that limits in the claim 7, wherein target comprises at least one html source file.
9. the device that limits in the claim 6 further comprises the pen recorder that is used to write down the device that links to each other with network.
10. the device that limits in the claim 9, the wherein designated identifier that is used to write down of this device.
11. the device that limits in the claim 10, wherein identifier comprise IP number and.
12. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein request comprises at least one http request.
13. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein network comprises a LAN (Local Area Network).
14. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein network comprises a wide area network.
15. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein communication agency transmission information between device and at least one telephone wire.
16. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein communication agency transmission information between device and ISDN.
17. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein server comprises a http-server.
18. the device that limits in the claim 6, wherein functional element directly is subjected to the control of URL.
19. a system comprises:
Network;
The single integration external unit of the executable operations that links to each other with this network, described external unit comprises:
Communication agency is used for to this external unit with from this external unit transmission information, and wherein communication agency receives the request to this device;
The server that links to each other with communication agency is used to handle a plurality of requests, and wherein server is translated in described a plurality of requests at least one at least one parameter of control external unit function; And
A device that links to each other with network, wherein Zhuan Zhi user selects to visit a resource identifier of external unit, the therefore target of watching through the user of device, by selecting resource identifier, this device is directly controlled external unit.
20. the system that limits in the claim 19, wherein resource identifier comprises resource locator (URL).
21. the system that limits in the claim 19, wherein external unit comprises the I/O device.
22. the system that limits in the claim 21, wherein the I/O device comprises camera.
23. the system that limits in the claim 21, wherein external unit comprises multi-purpose machine.
24. a control links to each other with network and has the method for the external unit of the device that links to each other with network, said method comprising the steps of:
Device is selected a resource identifier;
According to the request of the resource identifier generation of selecting to external unit; And
By asking directly to control external unit.
25. the method that limits in the claim 24, the method for wherein directly controlling external unit comprises the step of a file of direct contact external unit retrieval.
26. the method that limits in the claim 25, wherein file comprises the file that is stored in the previous foundation in the external unit.
27. the method that limits in the claim 25, wherein file comprises that external portion equipment receives request and responds the data of catching automatically.
28. the method that limits in the claim 24, the step of wherein directly controlling external unit comprises translates at least one controlled variable with request, and this parameter is operated external unit in a predefined manner.
29. the method that limits in the claim 24, the step of wherein directly controlling external unit comprises this request of server process that utilizes on the external unit.
30. the method that limits in the claim 24 further comprises the step that is based upon the interface that uses on the device, wherein this interface comprises the resource identifier by user's appointment.
31. the method that limits in the claim 24 further comprises with the interface that is presented on the device and carries out mutual step.
32. the method that limits in the claim 31, wherein interface comprises from a kind of form of external unit origin.
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